I play keyboards and guitar. My Mom says I started playing her Mason & Hamlin grand when I was five.
I used to play pro. I learned that in music, being good is just permission to be lucky. Also, some part of your artform has to pay the rent, or you have to get a job, so now I design studio audio electronics.
My gear:
Guitars:
1970 Martin D-28
Mighty Might Les Paul style electric six string with Gibson humbucks and hardware.
Gibson ES-335-12 electric twelve string.
Amps:
1964 Fender black face Twin Reverb (production run #4) with JBL K-130 speakers.
Fender Deluxe Reverb (original, not re-issue). Replaced the GZ34 tube rectifier with solid state diodes and modified the bias for 6L6 tubes, instead of stock 6V6's.
Note: This is an inexpensive and very sweet mod for this amp (Glad I can do my own tech work). It gets that sweet, singing lead sound at a reasonable level, and it puts out plenty of volume for a good club gig. I can get that same sound from my Twin, but only when I run it so loud that I don't like to stand in the same county.
Fender SFX Keyboard amp. This is really cool for keyboards. It has the ability to put out a spacial sound from a single box. It really works. I know how it works, but it's too long a discussion for this post. This is an extremely cool way to simulate a Leslie effect in a club setting.
Keyboards:
Dyno-My Piano (modified Fender Rhodes).
Roland Sound Canvass MIDI synth voices.
Very weak midi keyboard controller. I need a good weighted keyboard. I need to earn the extra cash to buy a good weighted keyboard.
I used to own a full Hammond A100 (a C3 with the added weight of useless internal speakers and amplifier) and an RV122 Leslie. I never had the most important accessories for this -- Roadies.
What killed sales of the Hammond organ and the Fender Rhodes? Gravity! :Q